I'm pretty over families who show up maybe once every month or so telling me how I should do my job. Every diabetic patient I have ever cared for had their sugar checked before meals, and insulin given before meals. There is a reason for this, there is research, science, and like, doctors and stuff, totally backing up me checking your mum's blood sugar before dinner. If I need to give them insulin, its best to give it before a meal, so they don't go hypoglycemic. Checking their blood sugar after a meal will only show a totally normal rise in blood sugar after meals (which everyone goes through), and if you are giving insulin based on this number, you are giving them too much, and they will be hypoglycemic later on. So, when you give me attitude for doing my job the way its been ordered for me to do it, and the way scientifically and medically is the norm to do....you are forever on my idiot's list.
I really don't mean to come off as if I can't handle when people question me. I'm totally ok with that, but this particular family regularly does this, and some of them are actually really rude about it, and I'm just done. I believe my nursing license and training and experience, and more importantly, the doctor's license and training and experience trumps your 30 minute google education. Maybe ask me why, and I can explain to you the physiology to you, and actually educate you, rather than acting as if I'm totally incompetent. I also can't go rouge and decide to check your loved one's blood glucose and treat it with insulin whenever I feel like it..... I'm not a doctor, and I can't go around shooting people up with insulin without a doctor giving an order to do so. I realize you may have taken it upon yourself to do this when you had your mother/father living with you, but you didn't have a license to protect.
Also gotta love when a family member asked me to wipe off the lancet needle with an alcohol swab and use it multiple times to save them money. $10, the typical cost for a 100 lancet needles, is certainly not enough to have me risk my safety for you, sir. Nope, Nope, Nope.
Moving on, today I have a spa day scheduled. I'm getting a massage and then a facial. I really need a pedicure, too, but I'm worried if I schedule it before the massage, they won't be dry enough and will get messed up, and I'd rather just go straight home after the massage and facial. So, maybe I'll save that for the weekend. I'm pretty excited for all the time I am going to get to have with Mike this week. I am starting to feel like I'm able to get some balance back. Still nervous that the new nurses still haven't been scheduled yet. I really do want my normal schedule back, and the longer it takes for them to start orientation, the longer it will be before I get back to my set schedule and being able to plan things in advance again.
I am trying to get myself back into gear with running, and weight watchers. But, it is so easy to eat comfort food when you are stressed, and justify Starbucks when you are working a ton. And broccoli cheddar soup is healthy, right? Man, I love that soup from Panera!! Anyway, I really do want to get back on board, and now that I'm not working a bunch of overtime, I really don't have any excuse. But, today?? Panera or Toasty Cheese probably is happening. Just being honest!
I guess that is all for now. :)
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